often attributive
1
a
: a small-scale figure (as of a person or animal) usually with a cloth body and hollow head that fits over and is moved by the hand
b
2
3
: one whose acts are controlled by an outside force or influence
a puppet ruler
Examples of puppet in a Sentence
a dictator who was perceived as being an American puppet
gave her a puppet with strings for a gift
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
There was this whole dream sequence with Kate and a ping pong show and the girls doing their puppet dance from childhood where Jaclyn’s the face and Laurie’s the arms.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
In the new YouTube video series Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick and Sprout, the climate activist and educator Suzie Hicks shares the screen with a fluffy green puppet.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
The 1972 project was a filmed version of a live Krofft brothers puppet show.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for puppet
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“Puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppet. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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puppet
noun
pup·pet
ˈpəp-ət 
1
: a doll moved by hand or by strings or wires
2
3
: a person or a government whose acts are controlled by an outside force or influence
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